Why counting calories alone will never work to be healthy

Again C. Todd comes up with another great find.

I agree, the system has failed people.



The bigger problem is neurological programming. Kids growing up now have a constant and programmed desire for sweet things. This translates into adults who over-crave. Yes, an addiction pathway.

Add that addiction pathway in to insulin resistance and no amount of exercise is going to make you healthy. As Dr Attia alluded to from his own experience.

It does come down to what we eat. It does (in my opinion) come down to very mis-guided dietary guidelines.

The rise of neurological diseases like fibromyalgia (my personal hypothesis is that you find this most often in people with nearly zero fats esp saturated fats in their diet) insulin resistance, and ultimately obesity comes from the "heart association" and the FDA's push for low fat and a push for unsaturated fats if you are going to have any.

This isn't a trivial problem. This isn't something you can ignore.

Insulin is important. If you're eating sugar all the time, even if you are skinny, will lead to bad things. And like Dr Attia suggests, being skinny and insulin resistance could be far more hazardous to your health than being overweight.

It isn't just about counting calories. That's the problem. That's the big problem.

Counting calories gives you a thermodynamic balance, that can help stay thin. But it is far too easy to make 300 calories of pancakes the same mentally as 300 calories of eggs.

And the eggs aren't going to jack your insulin and create resistance. Occasionally? Yeah they are a great. And AFTER a hard workout and esp if you have to workout again at a high intensity level the next day, getting a good insulin spike after is helpful. Getting an insulin spike before you workout, or when you aren't working out? Extra bad idea.

Food is everything. Any advice about nutrition that ignores the impact the diet has on insulin is dangerous.

And subsitutes... diet sodas... all that? they don't help cure the addiction, they make it worse. The pathways in the brain are flexible. You can re-program and re-learn and deal with cravings. It is possible. Like smoking, sugary sweet tooth is just another way to kill yourself slowly, but how slowly? That depends on your genetics. How are you wired? That's the question that isn't easily answered right now.

Too serious of a topic?

It has been brewing in my for a while. People around me are counting calories... and you know i'm always thinking about this sort of thing.

I'll get back to talking about the headwinds or the stupid flying rats or how my front fender tried to kill me today... i'll get back to that soon...

for now... this'll have to do.

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